Astronomer Discovers the Most Distant Stars Ever Observed From Earth

Cryolithic writes to tell us The Vancouver Sun is reporting that a University of B.C. astronomer recently used NASA's Hubble telescope to see a cluster of stars one billion light-years from Earth, the farthest stars ever observed from Earth. From the article: "That's interesting, he explains, because given that light travels at a finite speed -- 300,000 km a second -- the light emitted from the star cluster he and Kalirai saw was emitted one billion years ago. That means the cluster as it appeared to them two months ago was the way it looked one billion years ago. In other words, they were looking one billion years back in time."

Comments

Re:Looking back in time.

[User 956]

So, when I look at the sun, I am actually looking back in time 8 minutes?

Yes, and apparently, 8 minutes ago hurts like a motherfucker.

Re:Looking back in time.

[Enzo the Baker]

Anyone who has ever watched a Roadrunner vs. Wyle E. Coyote cartoon knows this.